Dâmbovița
Dâmbovița proper noun: a river in Romania.
Proper noun
Dâmbovița
- A river in Romania.
- Oil is found in the whole region of the Carpathian foothills on the Old Roumanian side from the district of Suceava in the north to the valley of the Dâmbovița in the south, a distance of nearly two hundred miles.1932, Joseph Slabey Rouček, Contemporary Roumania and Her Problems: A Study in Modern Nationalism, California: Stanford University Press, […]; London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, page...
- Near Gemenea (Dâmbovița river) the archaeological data mention a pre-Roman Gethyc site (IV century B.C.) with an activity of extraction of gold from the Dâmbovița alluvial sands (Pârvari, 1967, pg 95) and possibly from Pleistocene Cândești gravels.2004, Romanian Journal of Mineral Deposits, page 48
- Synonyms:
- Dâmbovița River
- A county in southern Romania.
Examples of Dâmbovița in a sentence
- Cotroceni Palace (Şos Cotroceni 1) lies along the western bank of the Dâmbovița River.2004, Steve Kokker, Cathryn Kemp, Romania & Moldova (Lonely Planet), 3rd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 135:
- Wallachia Vlad the Drowned is so named after he gets drunk and rides into the Dâmbovița river, where he drowns; Vlad Vintilă de la Slatina becomes prince.2009, Gordon Kerr, Timeline of Kings & Queens, Canary Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 84:
- Angerer also documented the desolate banks of the winding Dâmbovița, the muddy rivulet that divided the Wallachian capital and flooded almost every spring.2013, Adrian-Silvan Ionescu, “Romanian Architecture and Cityscape: The Legacy of Nineteenth-Century Photographers”, in Micheline Nilsen...
- The hydrologic drainage of the area is controlled by the Bârsa River and its main tributary, Râul Mare in the north, and Dâmbovița and Dâmbovicioara rivers in the south.2019, Spencer F. Coca, “Piatra Craiului Mountains: Grind Pit (Avenul de Sub Coltii Grindului)”, in Gheorghe M. L. Ponta, Bogdan P. Onac...
Synonyms of Dâmbovița
Origin of Dâmbovița
From Romanian Dâmbovița.
Phrases with Dâmbovița
Questions about Dâmbovița
- What does Dâmbovița mean?
- Dâmbovița means a river in Romania.
- How do you use Dâmbovița in a sentence?
- Cotroceni Palace (Şos Cotroceni 1) lies along the western bank of the Dâmbovița River.
- What part of speech is Dâmbovița?
- Dâmbovița is a proper noun.
Words near Dâmbovița in the dictionary
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